Very clunky going into 3rd

[Aiken Drum]

Over the last few weeks or so, it's become rather difficult to simply shift into 3rd gear with the clutch fully depressed. It's like I'm shifting with much friction past several bumps as the shift knob moves past the neutral position and up into 3rd. I have to be really careful or I won't finish the shift before I start coming off the clutch pedal. If I had to give that part of the shift a sound, I'd call it ka-klunk-a.

Question is: Is this just a sign that I need the transaxle oil changed, or is it something worse? Judging by the service manual, it's darned-near impossible to check the transaxle oil level without jacking the car up, which I don't have the equipment to do.

 

[jgtcnsx]

try changing your transmission fluid.when was the last time you had it changed??

 

[hlweyl]

Step 1, I would check clutch hydraulic fluid. Step 2, check transaxle oil level. If problem still persists, you could try changing the trans oil, alot of folks are having good luck with GM synromesh.

If all of that doesn't help, you might have a syncro or hub selector going bad.

good luck